Railroad-rail cushion and joint



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RAILROAD RAIL CUSH .AND J0 No. 280,080. atente une 26, 1883t @Vf/0:?. @Zyl 5 Z I f 0% 6' UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

WTLLIAM E. connu, oE STUART, IOWA.

RAILROAD-RAIL CUSHION AND JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patentl No. 280,030, dated June 6, i883.

- Application filed August 4, ISFQ.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, XVILLIAM F. GOULD, of Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Railroad Rail Cushion and Joint, of which the following is a speciiication.A

The object of my-invention is to save time and labor in fixin metal rails to wooden crossties, so as to prevent any lateral movement of the rails and spreading of the track, and without interfering wit-h the longitudinal eXpansion and contraction of the rails; to prevent the slipping and displacement ofpacking or or cushioning material from under the rails, and to improve the construction and durability of railjoints and complete railway-tracks.

Heretofore fianges have been formed integral with the bottom edges of metal rails in such a manner as to be adapted to overlap the longirails relative tothe ties and complete track 5 but flanges on the edges of rails, when let into wooden cross ties, will conduct water into the grooves and facilitate the soaking and decay of the ties at the points where they are subjected to the greatest pressure and wear by faces, to admit the insertion of ribs formed 011 the bottoms of metal rails, impairs the strength and durability of the ties, and requires much time and labor. To avoid these objections and to attain the advantages desired, I form V- shaped beads on the bottoms of rails and plates, and combine rails, ties, cushions, and plates, as hereinafter fully set fort-h, in such a manner that the'metal beads can be readily embedded into the top faces of wooden crossties by the weight of a locomotive or construction-train, and to thereby facilitate the laying, cushioning, and jointing of rails, and the building of improved tracks and complete railroads.

Figure 1 of my accompanying drawings is a f, inclosed between the beads a.

cross-section viewof a metal rail having asinglelongitudinal and continuous bead, a, formed integral with its under side. spective view of my improved railway chair or plate in an inverted positiom lt has acontinuous groove, in its top surface to admit the bead a on the bottom of the rail, and two sefctions or distinct sharp-edged beads, c e, immediately under the groove b, and a vertical fiange, d, at one of its sides and top edges. Thener ends of the beads e form shouldersto engage the wooden ties, and to thereby prevent the longitudinal movement of the plate relative to the tie and track. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing a rail having two parallel and continuous sharp-edged beads, a, on its bottom, resting upon the top surface of a wooden cross-tie, and a rubber plate or cushion, Fig. 4- is a sectional view showing a rail having two parallel beads, c, a chair or joint plate having two corresponding beads, a, on its bottom, andl two grooves, b, andv a sunken panel, f/ between said grooves in its top, a cushion, f, and a wooden cross-ti e, combined and fastened together by means of common spikes. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing a sunken panel, g, between the two parallel beads a, on the bottom ofthe rail, for the reception of a rubber plate or cushion in such a manner that the sidesof the bottom of the rail will be allowed to come in contact with the top surface of my. improved metal plate, having beads c, grooves c,- and a iiange, d. Fig. G is atop view of my improved rail-joint, showing the end of one of the rails broken away to uncover sections of the cushioning and binding plates. Jointly considered, these figures clearly illustrate the construction, operation, and utility of my complete invention.

My improved rails and plates, having beads adapted to be pressed down and embedded in the top surfaces of wooden crossties without removing any wood, may be formed by means Fig. 2 is a perr of suitable rollers and dies in the way rails It is not essential that they should v IOO small and thin so as to be adapted to be sunken into the wood by the pressure of a locomotive as a construction-train is advanced upon the rails when placed in proper position upon the ties, as indicated by Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6.

I am aware that rails having continuous strengthening-ribs on their under sides have been pressed into the tops of posts or piles, and therefore do not claim that forming ribs on the bottoms of rails and pressing the ribs into wood is new; but shaping ribs or ,fins that are continuous on the bottoms of rails in the manner set forth, to adapt them to be pressed into the top surfaces of a series of ties, and then uniting them with a series of tics, in the manner specified, by advancing a locomotive, car, or construction-train upon the rails to press the ribs of the rails into the ties, is novel and greatly advantageous.

I claim as my invention- 1. The hereinbeforedescribed method of combining railway-rails with aseries of crossties, to prevent any lateral movements of the rails and ties relative to each other, and to economize time and labor in constructing` a track, which method consists, essentially, in forming continuous small and sharp edged ribs on the under sides of rails and then placing and fastening them upon a series of crossties and advancing a locomotive, car, or train upon the rails to press the ribs on the rails into the top surfaces of the ties, substantially as set forth.

2. The improved railway chair or plate, illustrated by Fig. 2, having one or more longitudinal grooves in its top surface, and two or more distinct beads and shoulders on its under surface, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. rlhe combination of a metal rail having two or more parallel longitudinal beads on its bottom, a rubber plate or cushion, and a crosstic, substantially as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

4. The combination of two metal rails, each having two or more beads on its bottom, a rubber plate or cushion, a metal plate haxv4 ing grooves in its top surface corresponding -with the beads on the rail, and one or more beads on its under side, and a cross-tie, sulstantially as and for thc purposes specified.

WILLIAM F. GOULD.

lVi tnesses:

THoMAs G. ORwic, S. J. Corn. 

